Summary
The VP, Philanthropy is an integral part of Rewriting the Codes (RTCs) senior leadership team, leveraging experience and talent for relationship-building and a passion for promoting equity, access, and inclusion in tech careers. This role will lead RTC's strategic fundraising efforts in exponential growth and impact by identifying, securing, and retaining qualified private foundations, wealth managers, and corporate foundations aligned with our mission and purpose while strengthening and maintaining existing partnerships.
RTC's unique focus, supporting women from their first year of university through the initial six years of their professional tech careers, creates a compelling funding opportunity that resonates with tech companies and foundations investing in the future of the industry. This individual will drive a multi-year vision of supporting the next generation of women in tech by building and empowering a dynamic team of professionals focused on securing the resources needed to scale impact.
The Opportunity
Tech companies and foundations are actively seeking meaningful ways to address women's representation and retention in the industry. The right leader will:
- Position RTC as the go-to partner for tech philanthropy focused on women's equity
- Build sustainable, diversified funding streams from corporate partners, foundations and individual donors
- Create an operational infrastructure that enables rapid scaling without sacrificing relationship quality
This is a strategic leadership position for someone who understands that the best fundraising is built on authentic partnerships with funders who share RTCs mission. You'll be the architect of RTCs fundraising strategy and the champion of donor relationships at the highest levels.
Essential Functions
Strategic Planning + Execution
- Partner with the CEO to lead strategy, planning, and execution of fundraising initiatives in alignment with RTC's long term strategy to prioritize private and corporate foundations and family funds as well as covering grants, unrestricted operating funds and project-specific funds.
- Design and execute a multi-year fundraising strategy that diversifies revenue streams and positions RTC for growth across institutional and non-institutional funding sources.
- Establish and advise on organizational-wide, multi-year strategy and cross-departmental priorities that ensure all teams are aligned with fundraising goals and organizational growth.
Relationship Management
- Solicit, cultivate, and steward RTC's portfolio of philanthropic funders, from key corporate leaders to prominent philanthropic individuals and organizations, by establishing and expanding on current partnerships and fostering new donor relationships with entities that offer reciprocal benefits to RTC's work.
- Support relationships currently owned by RTC's Board of Directors, with special attention to those owned by the CEO, ensuring continuity and deepening of critical partnerships.
- Utilize strong internal relationships to develop a complete understanding of RTC's unique work, priorities, and funding opportunities.
- Identify and pursue new funding sources aligned with RTC's mission, including corporate foundations, venture-backed CSR initiatives and individual major donors in the tech ecosystem.
Leadership + Operations
- Oversee proposal development, funder reporting and compliance, funder and prospect research and pipeline development, prospect strategy, data capture and analytics, and execute award review and approval processes.
- Increase the team's operational performance by collaborating with RTC's marketing and data analytics team to develop methodologies and tools to drive efficient, scalable, and innovative fundraising strategies.
Required Qualifications
Education + Experience
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Non-Profit Management, Marketing, or related field.
10+ years of experience in development, with a proven track record of building and executing a long-term fundraising strategy and securing six- and seven-figure gifts from various sources, including foundations, corporations, and individuals.
Previous experience working in a fast-moving, high-growth non-profit is a huge plus.
Knowledge + Skills
Key Competencies + Attributes
- Organizational Advocate. Believes in RTCs mission and demonstrates this by upholding our purpose, culture, policies, and values with integrity and professionalism.
- Strategic. Designs, leads, and executes successful development plans; thinks strategically, anticipates consequences and trends, and incorporates appropriately; consistently makes good decisions through a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.
- Cross-Functional Collaborator. Partners strategically with RTC's marketing and data & analytics teams as well as external grant writers to amplify fundraising impact; recognizes that the strongest fundraising operations leverage diverse expertise across the organization.
- Results-Driven. Focuses on intended outcomes and delivers results that expand RTC's funder relationships and advances our mission, impact, and reach; demonstrates resilience when met with rejection and maintains positive energy and optimism in the pursuit of new funding targets.
- Influencer. Applies influence, persuasion, and effective negotiation strategies to establish and maintain valuable partnerships, aligned with RTC's goals and initiatives; build strong relationships with credibility and integrity to gain the trust and support of stakeholders.
- Communicator. Conveys information clearly, confidently, and persuasively through various channels by active listening, articulate speaking, coherent writing; ability to tailor messages and translate complex information to appeal to diverse audiences while ensuring understanding and engagement.
- Self-Directed. Independently manages, coordinates, and properly prioritizes tasks to succeed in a fast-paced environment working with a wide variety of stakeholders, priorities, and ambitious and overlapping deadlines; adept time and project management skills to develop precise strategies, processes, and procedures for meeting deadlines and accomplishing goals.